i3-4102E vs Xeon Silver 4208

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	973	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.32	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Silver	Intel Core i3
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	4 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	$225

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	11 MB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	78 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	Intel BGA1364
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel HD Graphics 4600

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4208 and Core i3-4102E.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	4 September 2013
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	25 Watt

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